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Final bid for budget
The school district’s $100.6 million spending plan goes to the voters Tuesday. By: John Patten Voters will have the final say Tuesday on the $100.6 million budget plan for the 2007-2008 school year that bolsters elementary spelling and arithmetic classes and language and science for all grades, while adding $189 to the average property owners’…
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Security scanner OK’d for courtroom
The $3,463.98 project is part of a statewide effort to increase security in all New Jersey courthouses. By: Rebecca Weltmann The Township Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase a walk-through metal detector for the municipal courtroom as part of a statewide effort to increase security in all New Jersey courthouses. The detector, a Garrett PD…
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Louis F. Ronay
Louis F. Ronay, 67, of Kendall Park, died Friday, March 27, at home. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam era. There are no known survivors. Services were held on Wednesday, April 11, at the Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. Arrangements are by The Gundrum Service Home For Funerals,…
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Hopewell Borough Council eyes spending hike
Council also agrees to a five-year pact with Hopewell Township for police services By Aleen Crispino Hopewell Borough Council voted 6-0 Monday to introduce a proposed $2.48 million budget for 2007, an increase of almost 15 percent over last year. Council also agreed to a five-year pact with Hopewell Township for police services. Voting in…
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HHS girls rally to Skyland Relays title
Young, Arango come through in clutch By: Rudy Brandl FLEMINGTON Hillsborough High triple jumpers Melissa Arango and Ebony Young knew what they had to do. With the Skyland Conference Relays team championship hanging in the balance, they got the job done. Arango and Young expected to win the event, but they probably didn’t…
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Letters to the Editor, April 12, 2007
About Soupe du Jour To the editor: There’s another dimension to the Soupe du Jour eviction not covered in your April 5 article, which is essentially an interview with Patty Phillips, the owner of the restaurant. In addition to the eviction having serious consequence for Ms. Phillips, the closing of the restaurant would be…
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Voters to decide on candidates, $64M budget support next week
Visit www.lawrenceledger.com Tuesday night for the results. By: Lea Kahn Township voters will go to the polls Tuesday to choose three school board members and vote on a tax levy to support the school district’s proposed $63.7 million operating budget for 2007-08. The six polling places will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9…
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Farmers packing up alpacas for NJ’s first certified show
By: Jessica Loughery MANSFIELD Alpaca farmer Ingrid Wood of Columbus is set to superintend the Alpaca Heritage Budget Caper Halter Show in Ringoes Saturday. The event is the first of its kind in New Jersey to be certified by the national Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association. Small-scale alpaca farmers from as far as Virginia…
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Editorial
School sytems need voters to back budgets By: Scott Morgan The cynical way of summing up the death of school budgets is this: residents, sick of taxes, get the opportunity to decide whether to pass a major expenditure or flush it down the drain. It is the great lie of the election process, the illusion…
